If it weren't for the internet, I'd never buy any new clothes. I hate shopping and do all I can to avoid ever having to go to stores by buying everything I can online. I avoid malls like the plague.
That doesn't apply to REI-type stores or used book stores. I can spend hours in them. On 7/2/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't bought clothes since 1987. I'll do anything to avoid > clothes shopping. I still wear my sister's dress that has nothing > but a big carrot on it. > > I need to buy 12 cd's a week though. Oddly enough, the latest one > is My Morning Jacket. So I'm buying cds named after clothes. > > Okay back to that exile I was talkin' about. > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What do you think is the longest you've ever gone as an adult > without > > buying clothes of any kind, including shoes? 3 of the 9 magazines > I > > subscribe to are In Style, Elle, and Glamour, so you would think I > > would have the impression that any woman caught in the same outfit > > more than once is doomed. But nah. I used to buy clothes probably > too > > much, partly because I worked in a dept store and I got a discount, > > but I just realized I've probably bought 1 thing for $20 in the > last 6 > > months plus a $50 bathing suit. Have you ever gone a year or more > > without buying clothes? I may have gone 6 months, probably not a > > year. Unfortunately shopping is my default activity, as in what I > do > > when I have nothing better to do, which is bad. > > > > With The Devil Wears Prada out, I was wondering how much normal > > regular non-celebrity non-filthy rich people really spend on > clothes > > in a year/month/whatever and how many things they actually get. I > was > > curious if people are more likely to buy more inexpensive things or > > fewer more expensive things or what. I kept thinking I was > spending a > > bigger % of my income on clothes than most people, but now I'm > > thinking probably not. I suspect a lot of people buy stuff because > > it's there, it fits, it's pretty, rather than because they need it > or > > will actually have occasion to wear it. (this is for men too--I'm > > wondering if most men go a year without buying clothes routinely > or if > > it is just a stereotype.) > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
